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Friday, October 17, 2014

Vintage Travel Book Card

Hello everyone,

I ventured into very new to me crafting waters with this card:

I decided to create a card that would capture recent road trip adventure my husband and I took....We were actually driving on this historic Route 66 on our way to Texas :)
Route 66 sign is a Cricut Nifty Fifties Cartridge cutout covered with clear crackle paint and then distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I used 3 different size heavy cardstock pieces and covered both sides of each with different patterned cardstock. Majority of cardstock I used for this project is from Tim Holtz "Lost and Found" Stash.
I punched holes and threaded jute string to create a little "book". Then I decorated each page with different banners, gears, movie ticket cutouts and so forth.

I created this "Sleepy Motel" sign using Cricut Nifty Fifties Cartridge and then added some clear crackle paint to give it rustic look. After the paint dried I sponged it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink.

WOW Samra! Is there any style you can't do! This is just fabulous, I am so envious of your vintage style! Your gears are fantastic, the embossing really makes them look like rusted metal. Your sign on the front has an amazing texture that I'm drooling over and with a hint of antiquing that really makes it look real! I love your use of the twine as binding and your metal accents are perfect! This is just a fabulous make my friend, I am definitely going to take some design tips from you on this one! big crafty hugs :)

Oh my gosh Pamellia! You always brighten my day with your visit! I am trying to learn things along the way, I hope one day to be able to make cards almost as pretty as yours :) That day may never come...Thank you for all the praise, it sure does feel good to know you approved the design I came up with! Have a fabulous weekend! I need to go to your blog now and get my dose of heavenly beautiful art! Hugs :)

Samra you should do this more often. Let me tell you girl; you got talent. This is a lovely way to capture the memories of your road trip and it looks fab! I love that motel billboard!Thanks so much for joining us at CCCB! Always good to see you!

Your cards remind me of 'Cars world at Disney land' The signs as we walked down route 66. Our dream is to drive this historic road some day....wish we lived closer!Absolutely fabulous work! Have a great week Samra

Thank you Tracey for always making a point to visit my blog and leave me a comment. I truly appreciate you! Regarding Route 66...it is historic but for the most part you just drive through middle of nowhere. My husband and I actually played Licence Plate game which made the trip more fun and we would get all excited when we would see cows in fields on the side of the road...

In April we drove from the canyon to LA and saw signs saying ,that we had crossed over route 66 - I know what you mean about being in the middle of now where.....there is nothing!!I I took lots of photos of nothing.......the scenery is so rugged looking.